Wednesday, March 15, 2017

(Gambela) Over 1000 Gunmen from South Sudan crossed over into Ethiopia this past
weekend killed 28 people and kidnapped
43 children. The raids on Sunday and Monday occurred in Gambella's Gog
and Jor areas, which border South Sudan's Boma region,

Chol Chany, a regional government spokesman on Wednesday
stated:

"Murle bandits carried out the attack. They fled along
with 43 children, the (Ethiopian military) is pursuing them. The assailants
haven't crossed over to South Sudan yet."

This week's raids took place almost a year after similar
raids in the province's Jikawo and Lare areas, which border South Sudan's Upper
Nile State. Then, over 200 people died and around 160 children were kidnapped. About
100 children have managed to return to Ethiopia, but the rest remain in the
kidnappers' hands.